Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:07:11 +0100 (MET) | | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | | Subject | Re: Improved console UTF-8 support for the Linux kernel? |
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>> The current UTF-8 keyboard input (for the console) of the Linux kernel >> does not support "composing" or writing characters with accents.
That's weird, because "ö" (LATIN O WITH DIAERESIS) -- which clearly lies outside the 7-bit range, is working on my system without myself poking the kernel. Both hitting the key or using compose mode. This also applies to A-with-DIAERESIS, U-with-DIAERESIS, sharp german S, but does not for anything else, e.g. compose-'-e to generate E with accent aigu.
>Yes, i recently find it out when trying to switch all my system to >UTF-8. But the patch from Chris you mention below works very well >for me (and for anybody that needs to type compose characters for >languages based in the latin1 encoding i guess). > >> Is there an interest for re-submission of mentioned patches for >> inclusion in the kernel (yeah, provided coding style is "normalised")? > >At least, I am _really_ interested :)
So am I. I have to use xterm for anything fancy now... (especially for the even-more fancy stuff that begins at three-byte UTF8 sequences, such as Japanese :-)
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